Producer
The documentary film Dragon Girls tells the story of three young Chinese girls training to become Kung Fu fighters, far away from their families, at the largest Kung Fu school in China. These girls, in a crowd of 26,000 children, are under constant pressure to conform to the norms and structures. They are turned into fighting robots and yet, if you look behind the curtain, you see children with dreams and aspirations. It show the controversial world of selection of the fittest in a totalitarian system.
Writer
The documentary film Dragon Girls tells the story of three young Chinese girls training to become Kung Fu fighters, far away from their families, at the largest Kung Fu school in China. These girls, in a crowd of 26,000 children, are under constant pressure to conform to the norms and structures. They are turned into fighting robots and yet, if you look behind the curtain, you see children with dreams and aspirations. It show the controversial world of selection of the fittest in a totalitarian system.
Director
The documentary film Dragon Girls tells the story of three young Chinese girls training to become Kung Fu fighters, far away from their families, at the largest Kung Fu school in China. These girls, in a crowd of 26,000 children, are under constant pressure to conform to the norms and structures. They are turned into fighting robots and yet, if you look behind the curtain, you see children with dreams and aspirations. It show the controversial world of selection of the fittest in a totalitarian system.
Director of Photography
A layered, engrossing and intriguing look at a national collective trauma and the ambitious initiative to try and heal the wounds.
Director of Photography
Documentary film.
Cinematography
In moving interviews, four fathers describe their suffering and efforts to keep contact with their children. A mother justifies the refusal of contact from her point of view. Despite the seriousness of the topic, the film manages to remain entertaining and even delivers an amusing snapshot of German sensitivities and the state of the Republic.
Director of Photography
Thirteen German directors present short films exploring the state of their country.
Director of Photography
En la Rusia postsoviética, los menores de edad problemáticos capturados en diversos delitos (desde robos a múltiples asesinatos) se han comprometido a estar unos años encerrados en escuelas estatales de reforma. Allí, viven en un régimen de estilo militar, empiezan el día con ejercicios al aire libre, hacen las camas, siguen absurdamente minuciosas normas, etc. Irónicamente, muchos vienen de un estilo de vida muy pobre y/o abusivo, a menudo de familias rotas; ahora tienen una vida estructurada con tres comidas, un dormitorio cálido y clases regulares, algunos realmente sienten miedo de volver a casa.
